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Alpha Lo
Personal blog · climatewaterproject.substack.comscienceeconomics
Alpha Lo writes Climate Water Project, a personal blog at climatewaterproject.substack.com about science and economics. Since 2022, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Slow Water”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-19, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this Substack on water, climate and land, including a piece on California's storms and the future water cycle. The comments mostly cite it in passing, with one saying they enjoyed it.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
How to restore the water cycle, and how that helps with hydrating the earth and soil, replenishing groundwater, restore rains in drought areas, lessen flooding, and slow down climate change.
Most-linked posts?
- Slow Water2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-03-18
What Hacker News says?
As someone whos been thinking quite a bit about land restoration I cringed a bit when watching the video about the Henry French's philosophy. There's a more encompassing worldview perspective that should be taken where rather in terms of thinking about 'superfluous water' there should be an inquiry around what relation one wants with water - where are the areas you want to perhaps concentrate water (e.g. at a pond/r…
Comment linking /
on “How French Drains Work”Submitted Slow Water as a story · 1 points
HN discussionOverpopulation is still a concern when considering biodiversity, groundwater loss, etc. The latest UNEP report includes it - see page 37 from https://www.unep.org/resources/global-environment-outlook-7 -> https://wedocs.unep.org/rest/api/core/bitstreams/902187bf-ea... "Among the major global environmental crises – climate change, biodiversity loss and land degradation, and pollution and waste – population growth is…
Comment linking /p/groundwater-and-climate-crisis-solutions
on “South Korea – A cautionary tale for the rest of humanity”Submitted The climate model approximation that could fundamentally change climate movement as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI really enjoyed this take on this aspect of the problem and future risks[1]. It's astonishing how fascinating and complex the water cycle is. It reveals a lot more than might be obvious about how human activity disrupts water systems of the earth. [1] https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/california-floodi...
Comment linking /p/california-flooding-a-water-principles
on “What California’s deadly storms reveal about the state’s climate future”Submitted Biodiversity regulates climate – Part I: Adventures in Daisyworld as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Slow Water – Climate Water Project as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Secret Life of Groundwater as a story · 1 points
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